Want to know how radically insane the far left is in this country? 20% of democrats are willing to openly voice their support for America’s failure in Iraq – yes, they want the US to lose, to be beaten, to be humiliated by al-Qaeda and Bin Laden:

Nearly one out of every five Democrats thinks the world will be better off if America loses the war in Iraq, according to the FOX News Opinion Dynamics Poll released Thursday.

The percentage of Democrats (19 percent) who believe that is nearly four times the number of Republicans (5 percent) who gave the same answer. Seven percent of independents said the world would be better off if the U.S. lost the war.

Who are these idiotic fools? Who would be so mentally off balanced to think America turning tail in defeat in Iraq would be better? al-Qaeda’s recruitment efforts would soar as MILLIONS of people flocked to take a hit at America. We would be inundated by those brain-washed by decades of anti-American tripe used to deflect the failures of liberal and socialistic policies and governments. America has been the convenient whipping post for all those who fail to deliver. If it ever became possible for America to actually be hurt or toppled, the jealous and opportunistic would jump at the chance. Failure in Iraq would lead to total failure of America.

Thankfully this lunatic fringe is miniscule in the country overall:

Overall, 11 percent of Americans think the world would be “better off” if the U.S. lost the war, and 73 percent disagree.

This is the Democrats’ Achilles Heel. Their most vocal and visible element are these fruitcakes. If the stigma of this 20% ever latches onto the party as a whole they will be politically crippled for decades – at least at the presidential level. Heaven only knows how many of the dems harbor a hidden desire for the US to fail – though I would put it at over 20% more giving this crowd of defeatist somewhere over 40% of the Dem Base.

What America wants is SUCCESS in Iraq:

Large majorities of Americans say they have said a prayer for soldiers serving in Iraq and for the war to end, while just over half say they have prayed for President Bush.

Most people — 87 percent — say they have said a prayer for the troops, and another 77 percent have prayed for the war in Iraq to end. A much smaller 54 percent majority of Americans say they have prayed for the president.

This is the hidden time bomb ticking underneath the Democrats and the GOP’s only hope. People WANT peace and success and are praying for those fighting this battle. What they lack is the confidence we can win. They have been beaten into skepticism by the difficulties this war produced (as promised by President Bush when we went into this). But their skepticism about success doesn’t mean they won’t jump at it if (or when) it finally arrives. They pray for peace. They pray to win. And they will celebrate and praise the win and those who worked through all the doubts and naysayers to pull it off.

20% of Democrats pray for the US to lose, the rest of us pray for it to win. A very telling split – to say the least.